Patents by Inventor Ellen Towle Kephart

Ellen Towle Kephart has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Saturation contrast image enhancement
    Patent number: 8462171
    Abstract: A digital imaging tool and a method for enhancing, or adjusting, a saturation contrast of a digital image is provided. The digital imaging tool may convert an original color space of a digital image to a second color space having a saturation channel. The digital imaging tool may define a function based, at least partially, on one or more user-provided parameters. Saturation values of pixels of the digital image, in the second color space, may be adjusted, or enhanced, by applying each of the saturation values to the defined function to produce corresponding enhanced saturation values. The second color space then may be converted back to the original color space and a saturation-enhanced version of the digital image may be presented and/or saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Micrososft Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley Lawrence Hinkel, Eric Paul Bennett, Morgan Avery Conbere, Ellen Towle Kephart, Matthew Nicholas McKnett
  • SATURATION CONTRAST IMAGE ENHANCEMENT
    Publication number: 20100201886
    Abstract: A digital imaging tool and a method for enhancing, or adjusting, a saturation contrast of a digital image is provided. The digital imaging tool may convert an original color space of a digital image to a second color space having a saturation channel. The digital imaging tool may define a function based, at least partially, on one or more user-provided parameters. Saturation values of pixels of the digital image, in the second color space, may be adjusted, or enhanced, by applying each of the saturation values to the defined function to produce corresponding enhanced saturation values. The second color space then may be converted back to the original color space and a saturation-enhanced version of the digital image may be presented and/or saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley Lawrence Hinkel, Eric Paul Bennett, Morgan Avery Conbere, Ellen Towle Kephart, Matthew Nicholas McKnett